Putting outdrive back in

[Szaszing]

Hello all!

I’m having an issue getting my out drive back in.. the gimbal bearing was replaced and put back in correctly. The alignment tool also checked out fine. When putting the out drive back in it seems to

 

[Szaszing]

Hello all!

I’m having an issue getting my out drive back in.. the gimbal bearing was replaced and put back in correctly. The alignment tool also checked out fine. When putting the out drive back in, it seems to have a metal sticking to the shaft. Any thoughts ??

 

[Szaszing]

Hello all!

I’m having an issue getting my out drive back in.. the gimbal bearing was replaced and put back in correctly. The alignment tool also checked out fine. When putting the out drive back in it seems to make a metal indent on the shaft.
Any thoughts ?

 

[Szaszing]

Hello all!

I’m having an issue getting my out drive back in.. the gimbal bearing was replaced and put back in correctly. The alignment tool also checked out fine. When putting the out drive back in it seems to make a metal indent on the shaft.
Any thoughts ?

 

[Szaszing]

Hello all!

I’m having an issue getting my out drive back in.. the gimbal bearing was replaced and put back in correctly. The alignment tool also checked out fine. When putting the out drive back in it seems to make a metal Mark on the shaft.
Any thoughts ?

 

[tpenfield]

I think there is an echo in here, as I see four of the same posts.

I don't see no metal indent on the shaft. Is the outdrive not going in all the way (I assume so) . . . were you able to get the alignment bar in all the way and get about 2" of spline teeth marks in the grease film on the alignment tool?

 

[GA_Boater]

I think there is an echo in here, as I see four of the same posts.

I don't see no metal indent on the shaft. Is the outdrive not going in all the way (I assume so) . . . were you able to get the alignment bar in all the way and get about 2" of spline teeth marks on the grease film in the alignment tool?

That's what happens when posting the same question 4 times in 17 minutes all over the forum.

 

[Szaszing]

I think there is an echo in here, as I see four of the same posts.

I don't see no metal indent on the shaft. Is the outdrive not going in all the way (I assume so) . . . were you able to get the alignment bar in all the way and get about 2" of spline teeth marks in the grease film on the alignment tool?

It will not go in all the way. The alignment bar got in there with the teeth marks.. I actually had to sand the top of the shaft cause of how big the metal was getting on the shaft. What could it be hitting ?

 

[Eric 3.7LX Alpha 1]

Here's a video achris made a while back, might give you some tips:

 

[GA_Boater]

Make that 5 times. No more new threads. @Szaszing

Take a look at this video from achris;

 

[Eric 3.7LX Alpha 1]

Make that 5 times. No more new threads. @Szaszing

Take a look at this video from achris;

Great Minds

 

[GA_Boater]

Ah, great minds! LOL

What shaft did you sand on?

 

[tpenfield]

1) make sure you can see a clear path by looking in the driveshaft bellows, through the gimbal bearing and into the coupler. Make sure nothing is visibly obstructing.

2) make sure the height of the outdrive is equal to the bell housing so that the outdrive will go into the bell housing without being either high or low. as you feel the drive shaft wanting to make love to the coupler, you may have to turn the yoke slightly so that the splines line up.

3) you may have to lift the drive shaft/u-joints slightly while the trying to get the drive shaft to mate properly to the coupler. The problem being that the u-joints cause the drive shaft to 'sag' a little bit in the bellows and it raises the end of the drive shaft ever so slightly so that it does not quite mate with the coupler.

Other than that, maybe consider getting an outboard motor